Q.1. What is Fact Fluency? Ability to recall answers to basic facts automatically and without hesitation or use of strategies
Q. 2. What must students know in order to build math fact fluency? Students must have a thorough understanding of the base ten number system. Students must have a large repertoire of number-relationship strategies. Students must have an understanding of the operations and their relationships to each other.
Q. 3. How do I build fact fluency? Step 1: Make it fun, short and sweet!! Step 2: Do it daily! Step 3: Repeat steps one and two at home and at school!
Q. 4. Which facts should children know by the end of each grade level? By the end of each grade level students will be able to easily recall:
First Grade: Addition & subtraction facts to 10 Second Grade: Addition & subtraction facts to 20 Third Grade: Multiplication facts through the 9’s to 9 x 5 Fourth Grade: Multiplication facts to 12 x 12 & division facts through the 9’s (to 45) Fifth Grade: Division facts through the 12’s table
Ability to recall answers to basic facts automatically and without hesitation or use of strategies
Q. 2. What must students know in order to build math fact fluency?
Students must have a thorough understanding of the base ten number system.
Students must have a large repertoire of number-relationship strategies.
Students must have an understanding of the operations and their relationships to each other.
Q. 3. How do I build fact fluency?
Step 1: Make it fun, short and sweet!!
Step 2: Do it daily!
Step 3: Repeat steps one and two at home and at school!
Q. 4. Which facts should children know by the end of each grade level?
By the end of each grade level students will be able to easily recall:
First Grade: Addition & subtraction facts to 10
Second Grade: Addition & subtraction facts to 20
Third Grade: Multiplication facts through the 9’s to 9 x 5
Fourth Grade: Multiplication facts to 12 x 12 & division facts through the 9’s (to 45)
Fifth Grade: Division facts through the 12’s table